From Beirut to the Beltway

well, the picture is very neat, it's easy to tell that it's Husam.
 

EG, stop developping conspiracy theories. Those photos are real because Syria is guilty. Since they do exist, they are proofs unless YOU prove otherwise.
 

Gotta love he conspiracy guys (of course some caution is warranted with pics)

But EG says look the white shirt is reflected in his glasses: someone could have put it there, its a conspiracy!

What if there was no white shadow? Conspiracy too!!

Anyway, Kais, what is the source of these pics? Can you tell us?

And what does it mean? I mean as a Syrian agent, Husam may have gone to the scene to just "report" intelligence. No?
 

I was told the source of these pics was a photographer who found them in his collection - and others, who have even taken videos, will be checking.

However - this is a digital picture, and anyone with photoshop (well, something slightly more advanced - but the point is that with the right software, and experience, I can create similar ones in relatively short time)could have created it. Regardless of whether that is a conspiracy or not, it should be kept in mind.

With pics, always be careful. Even if they are the film type.
 

i think lazarus has hit the nail on the head. if the images are authentic, other people will have caught husam in their photos/videos as well.

now i guess it's wait-and-see...
 

VP - if the pics are digital, it is very easy to modify them. Enough so that these intelligence agencies won't be sure. If it is a digital pic - which is what I heard today, but that's only a rumor for now - then one person can do this. Who said this person was simple?
 

I love it how some people look for anything to prove Syria innocent, even when they know that the evidence is right in front of them, they choose to look elsewhere.

EG, is it becoming increasingly difficult for you to defend your Baathists friends?

The pictures did not just come out now. A photographer who was at the memorial service was looking over his collection, when he saw a familiar face. He cross checked his pictures with a database and found that it indeed looked like Houssam Taher Houssam. After confirming this with several colleagues (read lots of other photographs out there by other journalists - which will be released in due time and not to you but to the UN commission), he released the picture to Elaph.

I wish he hadn't, and only sent it to Hariri or the UN commission.

After all the evidence, I don't know how you can still defend an undefendable cause!
 

Check out the new pictures revealed today:

http://www.elaph.com/ElaphWeb/Politics/2006/1/117956.htm

Good bye baathist conspiracy theories!!